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Yesterday we went to see Fort Sumter where the first shot of the Civil War took place. We had to take a ferry out to the fort as it is on a little island in the Charleston Bay. It was used during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. After we got back from there we toured the USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier which is docked the same place as the …

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We then traveled to Patriots Point; resting place of the USSYorktown (air craft carrier) , the SS Taffey (destroyer), a submarine and coast guard cutter . All these ships have ...

... dreaded bridge (which is wider going north than it is headed south) for Patriots Point. Housed at Patriot's Point is the USSYorktown, an aircraft carrier; the submarine Clamagore; the Ingham, a Coast Guard Cutter; the destroyer Laffey; and a Vietnam ...

... Instead we walked the perimeter to peek inside. Very nice campus. After The Citadel, we drove to Patriot's Point to tour the USSYorktown. It's unbelievable how huge a carrier is until you see it up close and on board. I have much more ...

... dont see them very often in the US!
We headed over to Patriot's Point to enjoy the views & take a look at USSYorktown - quite impressive! That afternoon we headed to Caw Caw State Park - a swamp effectively! Fortunately, the aligators are still ...

... set up before there was a tremendous thunderstorm. Yesterday we visited Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, located on the USSYorktown. It was very interesting for us both to compare the 1960s US aircraft carrier with 1960's UK aircraft ...

... we went through the town of Charlston, South Carolina we came across a very big aircraft carrier called the USSYorktown. Yorktown itself is a battlefield from the War of Independence where England was fighting against the English colonists who were fed ...

... aircraft carrier USSYorktown, the destroyer USS Laffey, the submarine Clamagore and the Coast Guard cutter Ingham are moored. The UnitedStates Navy and Air Force have major bases here. There is a constant drone of military aircraft as they ...

... wasn't our day. With the free vouchers the first tour I chose was to go onboard an Navy Aircraft carrier from WWII called the USSYorktown which sits moored over the other side of the harbour. I've always wanted to go on a massive Aircraft carrier, since ...

... Nature dealt us forced me to change plans. I decided that this morning we would visit the USSYorktown aircraft carrier, which is now permanently docked in Charleston and serves as a naval museum, and Michelle chose Magnolia Plantation, a 300-year-old ...

... toward the southern downtown area of town. We passed by the Calhoun Monument that honored the seven vice-president of the UnitedStates. John Calhoun was one of only two Vice-presidents that served under two different Presidents. Calhoun served under ...